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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Unviciat, -vitiat(e, ppl. adj. Also: unvyciat, wnvitiat. [17th c. Eng. unvitiated (1632); Vitiat ppl. adj.] Not interfered or tampered with; not damaged, reduced in value or rendered invalid by interference.1501 Acta Conc. III 110.
[He] schew how [the charters] … war ald … that tharthrow thai micht nocht be surely kepit unvyciat and brokin, and desyrit thaim til be transumpit 1585 Acts III 376/2.
That thai sall leve the said benefice at thair deceis and dimissioun vnhurt or viciat in the quantitie of the ȝeirlie rent thairof 1586–7 Reg. Dunferm. 449.
That the haill thrid of the said abbay may remane with ws to our vse in the same estaitt … vnviciat or deminishit 1593 Acts IV 25/2.
Sa mony of the rentis & fruittis … as ar presentlie frie and vnviciat 1597 Edinb. Candlemakers' Seal of Cause Ratif.
Under the comone seill of the caus of oure said burgh haill in itself unvitiat uncancellit or ony wayis alterit 1646 Dunkeld Presb. II 328.
[Lord Levingstowne became cautioner for him that he would leave the stipend] wnhurt and unvitiat 1673 Soc. Ant. II 407.
That all the instruments contained in the said prothogoll books are all authentic instruments and that they are all haill and unviciat [pr. unvicial] 1679 Kirkcudbr. Sheriff Ct. Processes No. 327.
To compeir … to heir and sie himself decerned … to exhibit and produce the foirsaid minut … delyverit wp to the said complainer wnvitiat wncancelled or wndestroyed as his aune proper wreat and evident 1684 Fountainhall Decis. I 270.
And the registers of a town unvitiate are probative both pro and con
